TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10417, 20 July 1895, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

(P.EB UHHED-PaESS ASSOCIATIOS.J

ACTCEEAND, July 19, MnNorthcroftj SJH., hejrd agaait»day-iiie caaa-of -Ferguson v. Dadley, a. charged fc-hreaeh. of ,tha Shop Hours Act.. He ruled thjtt Mr Cooper was.entitled ta-call erideaca-impeaehing fchevolklityofthecoaferencs. Thearidencecalled proved that the City of Auckland had no dsfegates, and notics of this foot was conveyed to the Government bsfoie the conferfloee" met. Bia Worship ruled the notice was not conclusive, a3it.was made in the abseaaeof jariscßctiou, that the proceedings of fee canferecce^were invalid and nobody had been appointed. He dismissed the case. Notice of appeal was given by Mr Tole. '

: : - '■> ' ■■■'-' ■■■■■■ '- ■'■>•■ -'■■ ■:■(■.■ KAEIBBi^JuIy 19. ;; A - curious affair occurred!~ atl Wajroa' lost night. A botfle of turpentihe". was' 'thrown, through, ths frciut wjndow of the poUce station, smashing-a; large pane ; of ( gla?3: AtongitiUi the bottle ■was a note containing' thei following words, endently in a disguised 'hand •— ""Sr, change your taeiacs : about'the 'unemployed, or death shall be your doom.' The iKxt ~?haU:be: a »ix by two.^l remain, UnEMBtorED." Constable Coqghlan ;was absent 1 m the country ftn Snty, aed (ihe lanjily received a considerable scare. The identify'Of the pßrpetratpr is a mystery. ..;:■•" ■; ■ •■■,;-vii '/- :'."■ Mr Clayton, the suryeyojl enga^sd |n the triangulataon of the Urreera country] repoita that the survey is proceeding quietly and satiafactorily so far-efltita Natives arV concerned. The Maoris are ofEering no' interference, but they hold aloof from assisting in any way.- The "Survey is greatly bampenrf fby the ' •' severe weather and the continued heayy.snow, which in scone places is 1Q feet deep.- 'The\Burvey of . the WaibaremoanarSalatea road is progressing, and about foar miles-are expected to be teady for the unetaployesd by: the end. of tterl; week. Gold prospectors in tfce Wajro^ district re- : turned after three weeks' absence, and ieport a rough -tnne.q^ipg to the snow. They fonnd traced of a reef that has biea considerably disturbed by voicanic action. They also brought in. samples of a prospect of loose gold, these samples being slightly better than those previously obtained. . Further exploration is intended. .::• . . ~. : . ..--.

■..■■■--■: ■ ■-■■•.■ -WKLtprffrpj.-, Joly-19. A cold southerly-wind has bwn blowing.all d&y, and heavy rain-is falling to-night.* "

-*•'■■:■ Neison, July 19. Afc'tbeSupieme Court, beidra a "sosbiai jury, a case was heard m which Austin Waller claimed £1000 damages for malicious prasecution from John Laogley Adams. The case was heasd on the 7th June,1 when the stipendiary magistrate dismissed the information laid against Wtller for the larceny of some article? from a bos left bf Adams on the ran sold to Weller's father. The jury returned a verdict; for plaistiff, with £100 damages and costs on the lowest scale.

' .... Chsistchubch, July 19. The number of manufacturers who have entered exhibits for the Industrial Exhibition is 113, and the space applied for is6ooo square ieet. - ■■ ' .;■:

At the Police Court to-day Richard. Roberts was convicted of having, disturbed a prohibition meeting on Sunday afttsrnc.oa. The prosecution did not press for a heavy .penalty, and a fuse of Is arid costs was imposed. ' '

« _ Waimate, July 19. At a combined meeting of Oddfellows and Foresters held on Wednesday it was resolved that a second medical man was required for this district, bub that the lodges could not give any definite support to a doctor if he came.